Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett dismissed allegations that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein worked for Israeli intelligence services, describing the claims from U.S. media figures as being part of “a vicious wave of slander and lies” against Israel.

A deflated conspiracy theory that Jeffrey Epstein was a foreign spy re-emerged over the weekend, with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson declaring that the financier and convicted sex offender was connected to Mossad,

The accusation that Jeffrey Epstein somehow worked for Israel or the Mossad running a blackmail ring is categorically and totally false,” wrote Naftali Bennett.